Kevin Diks
Country: Netherlands
Date of birth: 06/10/1996 (18 years old)
Place of birth: Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
Height: 182cm
Youth career: VIOS Vaassen, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Vitesse Arnhem (since 2005)
Current club: Vitesse Arnhem
Squad number: 40
Current national team: Netherlands U-19
Position: right-back
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 250,000 €
Tournaments participated in: —
Contract until: 30.06.2015
Player’s agent: unknown
Similar type of player: Gregory van der Wiel
Strengths:
– pace 
– acceleration
– marking
– crossing 
– intercepting 
– dynamism
– has the ability to read what his opponent will do and react quickly
Style of play:
– likes overlapping runs
– often makes offensive runs up the right flank
– brings an offensive value to a team, with a lot of activity during 90 minutes in the right side
– strong and sharp in defence
– often makes long runs and finish them with good crosses
– able to switch seamlessly between man and zonal marking
He is best suited to playing as:
Right-back in 4-3-3.
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Achievements:
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League summary:
Eredivisie 2014/2015 (ongoing): 5 matches/0 goals (Vitesse Arnhem)
Description:
Kevin Diks joined Vitesse’s youth setup in 2005, aged nine, after playing for VIOS Vaassen and hometown’s AGOVV Apeldoorn. Few people know this, but Vitesse has a very good football academy, of which in the last few years came out a number of very good players such as Stijn Schaars, Marco van Ginkel, Piet Velthuizen and Alexander Büttner. In the 2014 summer manager Peter Bosz called Kevin to the main squad for the pre-season and gave him a chance to play in a 1–3 defeat against Chelsea. On 24 August 2014, after proffiting from first-choice Wallace’s injury, he made his first-team – and Eredivisie – debut, starting in a 1–2 away loss against PEC Zwolle.
Quotes:
“I think Kevin has done excellent. Of course you’re nervous, but I think he has held up well. It’s also a great compliment to our academy that they delivered us this player.”
(Peter Bosz – Vitesse Arnhem manager after Kevin Diks debut against PEC Zwolle)
Football Talent Scout potential rating:
7/10 
Country-scale star with top European club ambition.
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